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How GRACE Helped
Two of GRACE's earliest followers, Laya Dogmetchi and Jim Celebucki, talk about how the Global Resource for Advancing Cancer Education helps cancer...
Cancer Journey:
Survivorship
Cancer Type:
Lung Cancer, Blood Cancers, Head and Neck Cancer, Other
Disease Learning:
General Lung Cancer, Symptoms, Other
30 Days of Thanks and Lung Cancer - Ann
During the Targeted Therapies in Lung Cancer Patient Forum, many of our fantastic and loved attendees shared with us what they are grateful for. For our sixth video in this month of gratitude, Ann Broo shared what she is thankful for with GRACE.
Cancer Journey:
Just Diagnosed, In Treatment, In Remission, Survivorship
Cancer Type:
Lung Cancer
Disease Learning:
Symptoms, General Lung Cancer
30 Days of Thanks and Lung Cancer - Rita
During the Targeted Therapies in Lung Cancer Patient Forum, many of our fantastic and loved attendees shared with us what they are grateful for. For our fifth video in this month of gratitude, Rita Johnson shared her thoughts with GRACE.
Cancer Journey:
Just Diagnosed, In Treatment, In Remission, Survivorship
Cancer Type:
Lung Cancer
Disease Learning:
General Lung Cancer, Symptoms
30 Days of Thanks and Lung Cancer - Mara
During the Targeted Therapies in Lung Cancer Patient Forum, many of our fantastic and loved attendees shared with us what they are grateful for. In this fourth video we feature our friend Mara Greenberg.
Cancer Journey:
Just Diagnosed, In Treatment, In Remission, Survivorship
Cancer Type:
Lung Cancer
Disease Learning:
Symptoms, General Lung Cancer
30 Days of Thanks and Lung Cancer - Don
During the Targeted Therapies in Lung Cancer Patient Forum, many of our fantastic and loved attendees shared with us what they are grateful for. For our third video in this month of gratitude, Don Fredal shared with GRACE.
Cancer Journey:
Just Diagnosed, In Treatment, In Remission, Survivorship
Cancer Type:
Lung Cancer
Disease Learning:
General Lung Cancer, Symptoms

Articles

Chance of Cure in Advanced Cancer: What do Older Patients Believe
At ASCO 2018, Dr. Melissa Loh presented a study titled: "Chance of Cure in Advanced Cancer: What Do Older Patients Believe and How Are These Beliefs Related to Their Preferences?". This study looked at patients and their beliefs regarding a cure for cancer, specifically in older patients with advanced cancer. Patients who are certain that they could be cured pose unique challenges for physicians and shows a need for clear communication between patients and their physicians regarding the outcome of treatment and quality of life.
Cancer Journey:
In Treatment, In Remission, Survivorship
Cancer Type:
Lung Cancer, Blood Cancers, Head and Neck Cancer, Other
Disease Learning:
General Lung Cancer, Aging and Elderly, Symptoms, General Blood Cancer, General Head and Neck Cancer, Other
Is immunotherapy the wrong choice for some lung cancer patients?
Amidst all of the glowing reports about immunotherapy for lung and many other cancers, it would be understandable for patients and physicians to be tempted to rush toward prioritizing immunotherapy as the first treatment strategy to pursue. In fact ...
Cancer Journey:
In Treatment
Cancer Type:
Lung Cancer
Disease Learning:
Targeted Therapy, First-line treatment, Symptoms, Second-line treatment
Should Alecensa (Alectinib) be the new first line ALK inhibitor for ALK-positive NSCLC?
Probably the most immediate potentially practice-changing presentation from ASCO was the Japanese J-ALEX study in the subset of about 4-5% of...
Cancer Journey:
Just Diagnosed, In Treatment
Cancer Type:
Lung Cancer
Disease Learning:
Targeted Therapy, First-line treatment, Symptoms, Targeted Therapies – ALK
Second Line Chemotherapy Options for SCLC
Dr. Cathy Pietanza from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center discusses standard chemotherapy options for treatment of both sensitive and refractory small cell lung cancer (SCLC).
Cancer Journey:
Just Diagnosed, In Treatment
Cancer Type:
Lung Cancer
Disease Learning:
Chemotherapy, Scans - PET-CT, etc., Symptoms
Repeat Biopsies and Emerging Technologies for Plasma Sampling of Mutations Seen with Acquired Resistance
Dr. Leora Horn of Vanderbilt University reviews the rapidly evolving issue and growing value of repeat biopsies, including plasma sampling as a "liquid biopsy" option, in the setting of acquired resistance to a driver mutation in advanced NSCLC.
Cancer Journey:
In Treatment, Just Diagnosed
Cancer Type:
Lung Cancer
Disease Learning:
Targeted Therapy, Procedures & Treatments, First-line treatment, Molecular Testing, Maintenance Therapy, Symptoms, Biopsy/Tissue Collection

Community Forum

Tough decision between a whole brain radiation vs occipital craniotomy
My wife is experiencing a second time brain tumor recurrence. She had her first occipital craniotomy back in 2011. On late Oct 2013 she began to...
Cancer Journey:
In Treatment, Survivorship
Cancer Type:
Lung Cancer
Disease Learning:
Lung Cancer, General Lung Cancer, Symptoms, Pain Medication, Procedures & Treatments, Maintenance Therapy, Radiation Therapy, Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
Managing Effects of Brain Met
It is as if my mom's digestive system is now paralyzed. No one seems to know what to do or how to give her relief from the nausea and discomfort, or...
Cancer Journey:
Cancer Type:
Lung Cancer, Head and Neck Cancer
Disease Learning:
Lung Cancer, General Lung Cancer, Symptoms, Nausea Medication, Procedures & Treatments, Non Small Cell Lung Cancer, Head and Neck Cancer, General Head and Neck Cancer, Other
Nodule concern
I’m a 40yr old female with a smoking history of 20+ years. I have chronic brown phlegm (for years) with little to no coughing. I had a chest X-ray in...
Cancer Journey:
Just Diagnosed
Cancer Type:
Lung Cancer
Disease Learning:
Symptoms